April 13, 2023
The Clear Group, the London-based independent broker, announced the acquisition of Irish commercial broker McAuliffe Barry & Collins Ltd., which trades as MBC Insurance and Techinsure.ie. Clear has acquired 100% of MBC Insurance. Financial details of the deal were not …
April 13, 2023
Apollo, the London-based independent specialist re/insurer, announced its new ICX Consortium through its “Apollo ibott 1971” division, which provides data-driven embedded insurance solutions for the fast-growing digital economy. Apollo plans to deploy meaningful lead capacity through the consortium which will …
April 13, 2023
Australia’s northwest region, home to the world’s largest iron ore export hub, braced on Thursday for the area’s most powerful tropical cyclone in a decade, as a major port closed and residents rushed to stock up on essential supplies. Cyclone …
April 13, 2023
The Kremlin warned on Wednesday that the outlook for extending a deal beyond May 18 that allows the safe wartime export of grain and fertilizer from several Ukrainian Black Sea ports was not great as Russia’s own such exports still …
April 13, 2023
E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc agreed on Wednesday to pay $462 million over eight years to settle claims by six U.S. states including New York and California, along with the District of Columbia, that it unlawfully marketed its addictive products …
April 13, 2023
Former President Donald Trump filed a $500 million lawsuit against his former attorney Michael Cohen for allegedly violating their attorney-client bond and spreading “embarrassing or detrimental” lies. Cohen, whose falling out with Trump has led to exchanges of insults between …
April 13, 2023
Management failures, not loose regulations, prompted Silicon Valley Bank’s sudden failure last month, a top Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) official said on Wednesday. “Mismanagement of interest rate risk was at the core of SVB’s problem,” FDIC Vice Chairman Travis …
April 13, 2023
Florida regulators have given a green light to a new homeowners insurance company, the first since state lawmakers took steps in December to rein in costly claims litigation. Tailrow Insurance Co., part of HCI Group, was approved April 4 by …
April 13, 2023
Florida authorities have charged a Miami man – who has a long record of criminal and civil cases under his name – with insurance fraud after investigators found that some $300,000 in claims were linked to pre-exiting damage to his …
April 13, 2023
Insurance broker World Insurance Associates reports that it has acquired the business of Thomas J. Woods Insurance Agency, Inc. of Worcester, Massachusetts. TJ Woods was founded in 1949, and is a property/casualty agency, providing personal and business insurance. Terms of …